HP umpire was seriously making calls completely at random.
You need an electron cloud map too – it’s not just that the strike zone was physically tiny, it was that it could appear or disappear at any point in between the batter’s boxes.
Triunfel breaks his leg, Tacoma loses in Sacto when R’s pitching gives up 9bbs to 1k, Clement is still 0-for-2009, and Garrett Olson might just suck. Hmm.
I hate it when umpires are ridiculously stingy with balls and strikes. It makes the game go on forever and it’s like the pitchers can’t do anything about it.
He settled down in the third, but by then his pitch count was through the roof.
His anxiety was not aided by the fact the strike zone was the size of a thimble, though. Hopefully he comes out next time and is allowed to establish something.
Screw the recap. There was nothing to take from this game other than Griffey walking three times
vs lefty pitchers. Aardsma providing the most uncomfortable six up, six down performence i can recall, and Endy and Yuni seemingly hitting the only hard hit balls all game for us.
Glad tomorrow is a day game cause this one was a real ugly game, and from what I saw vs Minnesota we’re better than that
Nope, five pulled it and the rest of their US sports coverage citing the recession.
The reality is that recent legislation changes about the amount of original programming [of which five baseball qualified under due to the studio element] that broadcasters have to show means that it was an easy target as a cost-cutting measure.
Which fucking sucks. Without five baseball a significant enjoyable part of my life would simply not exist.
As annoyed as I was about their NHL coverage being cancelled I kind of saw it coming but this is a bit out of the blue. I’m pretty sure that the MLB is/was the only show on five that’s been around since the channel’s inception so I was hoping it would be continued.
Even if it was just Boston/New York twice a week I’m still gonna miss it.
in the middle of the ninth it suddenly sent me back to the bottom of the 6th. Over and over again. So I watched 3 hours of shit baseball only to end up having to check the score anyway.
It would be pretty sweet if this little hot streak by Endy will be enough to keep him in the lineup every day once Ichi gets back, leaving Jr to DH only. That lineup last night was not optimal. Not a big fan of seeing both Branyan and Griffey in there against a lefty.
First .gifs and now WE charts
Jeff best watch his back
Dewey N - April 10, 2009
Nice graphic on the strike zone.
HP umpire was seriously making calls completely at random.
You need an electron cloud map too – it’s not just that the strike zone was physically tiny, it was that it could appear or disappear at any point in between the batter’s boxes.
Triunfel breaks his leg, Tacoma loses in Sacto when R’s pitching gives up 9bbs to 1k, Clement is still 0-for-2009, and Garrett Olson might just suck. Hmm.
marc w - April 10, 2009
For the most part, what I saw was the ump being decently consistent pitch to pitch.
It was just a zone consisting of above the knees to the belt and no calls on the black.
Granted, I only saw about 6th inning on.
Matthew - April 10, 2009
Same deal earlier too
RRS wasn’t as bad as his line suggests
Bearskin Rugburn - April 10, 2009
That's a relief
I hate it when umpires are ridiculously stingy with balls and strikes. It makes the game go on forever and it’s like the pitchers can’t do anything about it.
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
I could be wrong, but just going off my eyes I thought RRS was terrible..
didn’t miss bats, wild as can be. I thought he got squeezed on a couple high strikes, but overall he was a mess in my opinion.
Rudy4three - April 10, 2009
He was not good in the first or second.
He settled down in the third, but by then his pitch count was through the roof.
His anxiety was not aided by the fact the strike zone was the size of a thimble, though. Hopefully he comes out next time and is allowed to establish something.
cwel87 - April 10, 2009
In the 9th, the ump seemed to give Aardsma a few pitches on the outside
that he certainly didn’t give RRS/Jak or especially Kelley. It just looked like he expanded the zone a bit in the 8th and 9th, but who knows.
marc w - April 11, 2009
WE WON WE WON
life is shit though
Bearskin Rugburn - April 10, 2009
Obviously the umpire was paying too much attention to the velocity of the pitch
Fucking Heisenburg
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
good one.
Edgar for Pres - April 11, 2009
The upside-down play indicators blew my fuckin mind
Or is that Russian
lemonverbena - April 10, 2009
Looks more like Georgian or Armenian to me.
Maybe Elvish.
Decatur - April 10, 2009
Strange name flips + beer
=NOLA pondered chart for quite some time
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 10, 2009
I like the upside-down chart.
Nice work.
Guys on the radio recap talking about how the Ms need to keep Endy in the lineup, in LF, and put Junior at DH. Good to hear.
Also, Lowe got Aardsma (first career save) with a shaving cream pie and has said he will keep JJ’s tradition going. I like it.
appleshampoo - April 10, 2009
He got Shawn Kelley with one as well
Glad to see Lowe keeping it going
tootthekazoo - April 10, 2009
Good, it is upside down
I just thought in my drunken stupor that I was really f’d up.
forte40 - April 11, 2009
o0o Charts mmmmmmmmmmm delicious charts.
Slurvey - April 10, 2009
Will there be a re-cap today considering Jeff didn't see the game?
I hope so. It’s 7am here and I can’t sleep because I drank too much yesterday and I’m bored out of my skull!
EnglishMariner - April 10, 2009
I doubt it unless Jeff goes back and watches the archive.
Which would suck for him because this game blew to watch.
Matthew - April 10, 2009
If there's a recap it won't be today
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
OK cheers: is there anything interesting to know about the game that you can think of?
How did this new Oakland pitcher perform?
EnglishMariner - April 10, 2009
I have no idea
I was playing football for most of the early innings
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
Liar.
You were playing soccer. S-O-C-C-E-R.
johnbai - April 10, 2009
This was a conversation between two people of culture
i know it’s hard for you to at least assume some veneer of civilised society, but couldn’t you at least try?
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
It's C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-E-D
johnbai - April 11, 2009
Only if you are uncivilised.
EnglishMariner - April 11, 2009
John is lacking Right Guard protection.
Matthew - April 11, 2009
cilivize this part of culture bitch
*points at dickasousrus rex *
Robert - April 11, 2009
Not well.
Aaron Campeau - April 10, 2009
Screw the recap. There was nothing to take from this game other than Griffey walking three times
vs lefty pitchers. Aardsma providing the most uncomfortable six up, six down performence i can recall, and Endy and Yuni seemingly hitting the only hard hit balls all game for us.
Glad tomorrow is a day game cause this one was a real ugly game, and from what I saw vs Minnesota we’re better than that
Rudy4three - April 11, 2009
Good thing we get to watch tomorrow's game!
cwel87 - April 11, 2009
About the only good thing about being a baseball fan in the UK is that we are too unimportant for MLB to impose internet blackouts on.
Of course, this ignores the fact that there is no free-to-air baseball on our screens this year for the first time since the mid 90’s!
EnglishMariner - April 11, 2009
Really?
No MLB on Five this year?
Eyeball Kid - April 11, 2009
Nope, five pulled it and the rest of their US sports coverage citing the recession.
The reality is that recent legislation changes about the amount of original programming [of which five baseball qualified under due to the studio element] that broadcasters have to show means that it was an easy target as a cost-cutting measure.
Which fucking sucks. Without five baseball a significant enjoyable part of my life would simply not exist.
EnglishMariner - April 11, 2009
That's shit.
As annoyed as I was about their NHL coverage being cancelled I kind of saw it coming but this is a bit out of the blue. I’m pretty sure that the MLB is/was the only show on five that’s been around since the channel’s inception so I was hoping it would be continued.
Even if it was just Boston/New York twice a week I’m still gonna miss it.
Eyeball Kid - April 11, 2009
Also, is the game worth watching considering it is 3 hours long or should I find something better to do?
Sounds like it was pretty much a frustrating game overall.
EnglishMariner - April 10, 2009
No, the game sucked
Graham MacAree - April 10, 2009
Cheers,
EnglishMariner - April 10, 2009
The Archive screwed up
in the middle of the ninth it suddenly sent me back to the bottom of the 6th. Over and over again. So I watched 3 hours of shit baseball only to end up having to check the score anyway.
marinerdan - April 11, 2009
My goodness, this game was a mess.
ThundaPC - April 11, 2009
That chart was most in-secular matthew
Please try not to continue with that if you want my continued particpation in look out landing.
Robert - April 11, 2009
oh wait now i get it
carry on
Robert - April 11, 2009
I don't know what was more of a mess, the game, or the gamethread?
Goose - April 11, 2009
The gamethread looked fine when I went through it?
EnglishMariner - April 11, 2009
Yeah, for a Friday night this early in the year it wasn't terrible.
Aaron Campeau - April 11, 2009
Hooray!
JI - April 11, 2009
Beer!
phil333 - April 11, 2009
BOW to your winning pitcher.
EnglishMariner - April 11, 2009
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Wilder. - April 11, 2009
How the heck did we win this game?
Can’t believe we hung on… I’ll take it though.
It would be pretty sweet if this little hot streak by Endy will be enough to keep him in the lineup every day once Ichi gets back, leaving Jr to DH only. That lineup last night was not optimal. Not a big fan of seeing both Branyan and Griffey in there against a lefty.
Zack - April 11, 2009
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